Remove Antivirus Smart Protection - uninstall instructions

Antivirus Smart Protection uninstall guide

Antivirus Smart Protection is a clone of it's previous versions Malware Protection Center, Internet Security Guard, Home Security Solutions etc. As it's predecessors Antivirus Smart Protection is a fake computer security program that tries to sell unsuspecting computer users it's non existent licence. The core of this bogus computer program is similar to it's previous versions. As usual this rogue scanner installs itself on your computer without your approval. Antivirus Smart Protection will modify the registry of your operating system in such way that you will be forced to observe a fake security scan every time you start your computer. To further scare you into thinking that you computer has security issues Antivirus Smart Protection will pretend to detect various malware, spyware on your computer.

Main window of Antivirus Smart Protection:

Don't attempt to remove the detected files manually, this rogue program is only imitating the process of security scan and you shouldn't trust it's results, by removing detected files manually you could harm your operating system. The interface of Antivirus Smart Protection is "borrowed" from a legitimate antivirus program Microsoft Security Essentials, this is done to trick less computer-savvy people into thinking that this is a real security program. After a fake security scan you will be asked to purchase a licence for Antivirus Smart Protection in order to remove the found threats, needless to say that you shouldn't buy it - it's a scam. If you have already payed for Antivirus Smart Security you should contact your credit card company and dispute the charges explaining that you have been tricked into buying a fake computer security program. Use this removal guide to completely remove Antivirus Smart Protection from your computer.

Antivirus Smart Protection removal:

remover for Antivirus Smart Protection

Before downloading, enter Antivirus Smart Protection registration key in the registration window. Click Help icon (at the top right corner of the main window of Antivirus Smart Protection), then click Register Now.

U2FD-S2LA-H4KA-UEPB
or
K7LY-R5GU-SI9D-EVFB

If you can't download or run spyware remover try running registry fix (link below). It enables execution of programs. download registryfix.reg file, double click it, click YES and then OK.

Antivirus Smart Protection removal instructions (on infected computer):

1. Start your computer in safe mode. Click Start, click Shut down, click Restart, click OK. During your computer starting process press F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until you see Windows Advanced Option menu, then select Safe mode with networking from the list.

2. Open Internet explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options. Select "Connections".

3.Click LAN settings, if a Use a proxy server for your LAN is checked, uncheck it and press OK.

4. Download HijackThis and save it on your desktop. Some malicious programs are able to block HijackThis so when you click the download link, in the Save dialog rename HijackThis.exe to iexplorer.exe and only then click the Save button. After saving the file on your desktop, double click it. In the main HijackThis window click “Do a system scan only” button. Select these entries (place a tick at the left of the entry):

O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [Antivirus Smart Protection] “%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\<random characters>_<random numbers>.exe” /s /d

After selecting required entries, click "Fix Checked". After this procedure you can close HijackThis and proceed to the next removal step.

5. Download a legitimate anti-spyware software to fully remove Antivirus Smart Protection from your computer.

remover for Antivirus Smart Protection

6. After removing Antivirus Smart Protection reset your Hosts files. Don't skip this step, this malware modifies your Hosts files, and you will encounter browser redirect problems.

Hosts file is used to resolve some canonical names of websites to ip addresses. When it is changed, the user may be redirected to malicious site still seeing good URL in address bar. It is very hard to find out if the site is genuine or not, when hosts file is modified. To fix this, please download Microsoft FixIt tool, that restores your hosts file to windows default. Run this tool when downloaded and follow the on-screen instructions. Download link below:

Other tools known to remove Antivirus Smart Protection:

• iS3 STOPzilla
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Additional information:

Some malicious software modifies browser settings and disables downloads of spyware and virus removing software. If you have problems downloading anti-spyware software with Internet Explorer, try downloading with Chrome, FireFox, Opera, etc.

If you can't access Internet:

Load your computer in safe mode. Click Start, click Shut down, click Restart, click OK. During your computer starting process press F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until you see Windows Advanced Option menu, then select Safe mode with networking from the list.

Start Task manager. Press ctrl+alt+del (or ctrl+shift+esc) and end task the processes of rogue program. ( if after this procedure you can't access any programs press ctrl+alt+del, click File, select New Task, and type explorer.exe then press OK.

Open Internet explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options. Select Connections, then click LAN settings, if a Use a proxy server for your LAN is checked, uncheck it and press OK.

After this procedure you should be able to access Internet. Now you can download anti-spyware software from our "Top spyware removers" section and run a full scan. Download, install and don't forget to update your selected anti-spyware program. Then run a full system scan.

If you are unable to remove Antivirus Smart Protection, you can use this manual removal instruction. Use it at your own risk. If you don't have strong computer knowledge you could harm your operating system. Use it only if you are an experienced computer user. (Instructions on how to end processes, remove registry entries...)

End these Antivirus Smart Protection processes:

random.exe

Remove these Antivirus Smart Protection registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Classes\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\URL http://findgala.com/?&uid=231&q={searchTerms}

Delete these Antivirus Smart Protection files:

%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\14.mof
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\3178.mof
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\46.mof
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\6113.mof
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\HS2d7_231.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\HSE.ico
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\HSESys
%AllUsersProfile%\<random characters>\Quarantine Items
%AllUsersProfile%\HSYITSQGE
%AllUsersProfile%\HSYITSQGE\HSLGILTOGE.cfg
%AppData%\Antivirus Smart Protection\
%AppData%\Antivirus Smart Protection\Instructions.ini
%AppData%\Antivirus Smart Protection\ScanDisk_.exe
%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Antivirus Smart Protection.lnk
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CLSV.tmp
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\DBOLE.dll
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\PE.sys
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\SICKBOY.drv
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\SICKBOY.sys
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\delfile.dll
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\eb.dll
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\eb.sys
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\energy.dll
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\gid.tmp
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\pal.sys
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\ppal.drv
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\runddlkey.exe
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\snl2w.drv
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus Smart Protection.lnk
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Antivirus Smart Protection.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Antivirus Smart Protection.lnk

General tips on removing Antivirus Smart Protection:

*If you can't download anti-spyware software: Click on the download link, when the save dialog opens change the file name (example: when downloading mbam-setup.exe rename it to iexplore.exe).
*If you have installed anti-spyware program but you can't run it: Click Run, type %ProgramFiles% and press Enter. Open folder of your anti-spyware program, search for executable file and rename it. (example: Open Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware folder, right-click on the main executable file (mbam.exe) then click rename. Rename the mbam.exe file to iexplore.exe, winlogon.exe firefox.exe ...
*If you can't access your anti-spyware software, try creating a new user account:
Click Start -> Settings -> Control panel.
Click User Accounts and create a new account.
Reboot your computer and login using a newly created user account.
*After this procedure you should be able to access your anti-spyware programs. Update and run a full system scan.